All posts by Hayley Malan

  • Experts Say Mental Health Screening In Kindergarten Is Way Too Late

    A recent article in the NPR’s ED Series on mental health and schools, shares expert opinion that screening children for mental issues should be done a lot earlier than kindergarten. Rahil Biggs, New York City based child...

    • Posted September 20, 2016
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  • Study Says Many Parents Are Overdosing Their Children

    A study published earlier this month in the Journal Pediatrics, suggests that many parents are making dosing mistakes when giving medicine to their children. It’s enough worrying about your child being sick, so having to be concerned...

    • Posted September 19, 2016
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  • Study Says Intelligence Is Inherited From Mothers

    Psychology Spot recently published a new study which found that where intelligence is concerned, kids get it from their Moms! Yet it’s not impossible for it to be inherited from Dads, chances are very slim. The explanation...

    • Posted September 17, 2016
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  • Two-Year-Old Boy Dies After Five Misdiagnosis

    About a month has passed since a two- year-old boy, Grayson Dunham, has died after what was thought to be a stomach flu. “Our sweet, handsome, smart, outgoing, little boy was taken from us too soon for...

    • Posted September 16, 2016
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  • UAE Residents Asked To Photograph Children Not Buckled Up In Cars

    Authorities have asked residents of Dubai to photograph and report on cars where a child is on the driver’s lap or in the front seat of a car. This serves as a move to teach parents the...

    • Posted September 7, 2016
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  • Spotlight On Battery Dangers After Two-Year-Old Dies

    Just days after Christmas Day last year, 2-Year-Old Brianna Florer died due to a shiny, silver button battery. Days prior, the family had the perfect Christmas. Briana was laughing and jumping around with her older siblings, opening presents...

    • Posted September 6, 2016
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  • Modern Life Has Caused Cancer Rate In Young People To Increase

    Scientists have warned that modern day life is killing our children, with the number of cancer diagnosis in young people rising by 40% in the past 16 years. Poor diets, pollution, pesticides and radiation are all to...

    • Posted September 5, 2016
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  • Screens Are Turning Kids Into Digital Junkies

    A recent article by Dr. Nicholas Kardaras for the New York Post, paints a very disturbing picture of how iPads, smartphones and Xboxes are digitally drugging our children. Although there are many educational and creative play benefits...

    • Posted August 30, 2016
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  • Safe Sleep For Babies Is As Simple As ABC… Or is it?

    Safe sleep is a popular topic amongst new Moms and despite all the conversations around it, the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics suggests that everyone is NOT getting the message. Infants from 1- to...

    • Posted August 30, 2016
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  • Toy Found In Baby’s Throat After Two Weeks

    After mistakenly being diagnosed with tonsillitis, an operation done 2 weeks later, uncovered a tiny plastic angel trapped in a ten-month-old baby’s oesophagus. It all started when 10-month Laith Atiga was crawling at his grandmother’s home, in...

    • Posted August 29, 2016
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